2017 Volume 24 Issue 93 Pages 93_93-93_105
The Matadi Bridge, a suspension bridge in Democratic Republic of Congo, was completed in May 1983 by the Japanese ODA. The inspection facilities such as the under girder inspection vehicles, the inside girder inspection vehicles, are equipped on this bridge. As the bridge have been opened to the public for nearly 30 years, these maintenance vehicles need to be improved because some deteriorations and the consequent problems have been found and reported by OEBK which maintains the bridge. JICA(Japan International Cooperation Agency) dispatched experts to solve these problems and repaired the inspection vehicles at the site in cooperation with OEBK. This paper reports the improvement activities done by JICA Study Team.
